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April 19, 2019|Kelsie Jankowski|Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Mexican Imprints Bring Significant Interest in Swann Americana Sale Our Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16 was the house’s third straight sale is the category to finish over $1,000,000, bringing several significant records.…

March 28, 2019 | Autographs

Records & Results: Autographs

Auction Record for Mohawk Chief & Loyalist Joseph Brant at Swann Our Autographs sale on March 21 saw significant interest in Americana, scientists and popular figures. Of the sale Marco Tomaschett, the house’s autographs Specialist, noted: “Highest…

March 1, 2019 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana

At Auction April 16 Complete Catalogue This sale includes a dramatic Texan diary by William Farrar Smith, commanding an expedition to find the best trail from San Antonio to…

December 21, 2018 | Swann

2018: Year in Review

A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine Art…

November 12, 2018 | Autographs

Records & Results: Autographs

Letters from a Young Kurt Vonnegut Top Autographs Auction Collectors Drawn to Autographs of Innovators Our auction of Autographs on Thursday, November 8 saw major interest in notable authors…

October 2, 2018 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Americana Continues to Out-Perform at Swann Galleries Our September 27 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana was the highest-earning Americana auction in the last six years and brought $1.2M.…

July 23, 2018 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript Americana

Featuring The Holzer Collection of Lincolniana At Auction September 27 Complete Catalogue Latin Americana Latin Americana will feature Juan de la Anunciación’s 1577 Sermonario en lengua mexicana and other…

January 16, 2018 | Printed & Manuscript African Americana

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

On March 29 we will offer Printed & Manuscript African Americana, an array of material that encompasses a wide range of the African-American experience, from letters by Frederick Douglass to his…

May 30, 2017 | Art Press & Illustrated Books

A Personal Collection of Bernhardt Wall Books

Bernhardt Wall was an American illustrator active in the first half of the twentieth century. A selection of fine, early or test examples of his work were given to his…

December 19, 2016 | Swann

Records & Results: Fall 2016

Fall 2016 has been a successful season at Swann. In 13 sales, we set more than 50 auction records and offered 4,497 lots, including a rediscovered illustration by Dr. Seuss, a…

November 11, 2016 | Autographs

Records & Results: Autographs

On November 1, a mere nine days before the American Presidential election, we offered an autograph album signed by 18 presidents, starting with Abraham Lincoln and ending with Barack Obama.…

October 14, 2016 | Autographs

Over a Century of Presidents on a Single Page

Enjoy this video of Swann Galleries’ Autographs Specialist, Marco Tomaschett describing a Civil War-era autograph album full of presidents in our Autographs sale on November 1. The album contains…

March 10, 2015 | Autographs

An Exceptional Autograph Album That Was Made to Be Sold

One item in our upcoming auction is an album of autographs compiled to be sold for charity. During the American Civil War, and especially in the years 1863-64, civilians in…

May 12, 2014 | Autographs

Marco Tomaschett: Snippets of History

Marco Tomaschett, Swann Galleries’ Autographs specialist, wrote this piece about clipped autographs, which appeared in Antiques & Auction News last week. Here is his piece in its entirety: Since there are few…

March 13, 2013 | Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Notes from the Catalogue: The Emancipation Proclamation

Reading the Emancipation Proclamation, steel engraving by J.W. Watts, Connecticut, 1864. “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” declares the extraordinary document brought…

Abraham Lincoln

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